Below is a link to an interesting interview with Jeffrey Richter, a famous programmer, consultant and author of several best selling books on Windows and .NET programming:

http://pixel8.infragistics.com/shows/everything.aspx#Episode:9317

Jeffrey speaks about performance issues and provides tips on how to improve .NET code. Enjoy and remember that you can always check the described performance tips with AQtime.

AutomatedQA is pleased to present our new automated tool for detecting and reporting errors - AQtrace!

AQtrace is an error-reporting and resolution system that provides an easy way for software developers to find the cause of an error that occurs in their applications running on end-user computers. AQtrace monitors application execution and if an exception occurs, generates and sends a full-detailed report to application developers.

Reports contain all of the information needed to find the cause of the problem: call stacks, lists of threads and modules, memory dumps, CPU registers’ values and so on. With this information in the hands of developers, they can quickly find the cause of the error and resolve the problem without requesting extra information.

AQtrace includes special plug-ins that automatically store the received error reports to issue-tracking systems like AQdevTeam, Visual Studio Team System or Bugzilla. So, with AQtrace, you can be sure that no bug is lost or forgotten.

We have been using AQtrace in our products for several years. We are excited about this new product and the possibilities it gives our customers.

To learn more about AQtrace: http://www.automatedqa.com/products/aqtrace/.

Trial version is available at http://www.automatedqa.com/downloads/aqtrace/.

For limited time, TestComplete and AQtime users can get a full license of AQtrace for free. So, if you already have TestComplete 6 Enterprise or AQtime 5, you can get AQtrace from our secure product download portal. Just log into: https://clientservices.automatedqa.com.

AutomatedQA is happy to announce that a maintenance release is now available for TestComplete: TestComplete v.6.30.

We added support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team System and Team Foundation Server and improved The Debug Info Agent™. Also the mechanism for synchronization of calls to Delphi objects was enhanced.

You can see what's new in TestComplete 6.30 by visiting our web site at:

http://www.automatedqa.com/products/testcomplete/tc_whatsnew.asp

This update is free for all registered users of TestComplete 6. To download and install it, just log into our secure product download portal:

https://clientservices.automatedqa.com/

The trial version is available at:

http://www.automatedqa.com/downloads/testcomplete/.

We are happy to announce that you may now purchase seats for the next AutomatedQA Training Summit. The event will be held at the Hard Rock Hotel in fabulous Las Vegas July 14th to the 17th. We hope to see you there!

To signup or for more information please head to the Training Summit Info page.

I just discovered an interesting lecture on the problems with scripted manual testing presented by Dr. Cem Kaner, Professor of Software Engineering, Director of the Center for Software Testing Education and Research, at the Florida Institute of Technology. Click through to check it out.

AutomatedQA is happy to announce that a maintenance release is now available for TestComplete: TestComplete v.6.20.

Now you can change variables during script debugging thanks to improved script debugging.TestComplete now supports Windows Server 2008, both 32-bit and 64-bit editions. The speed of the Web testing engine has been improved and it's now more stable.

You can learn what's new in TestComplete 6.20 visiting our web site at:

http://www.automatedqa.com/products/testcomplete/tc_whatsnew.asp

This update is free for all registered users of TestComplete 6. To download and install it, just log into our secure product download portal:

https://clientservices.automatedqa.com/

The trial version is available at http://www.automatedqa.com/downloads/testcomplete/.

Here are a group of custom functions that will let you validate a list of files have been installed successfully on your system. Read on for a summary and link to download.

AutomatedQA is pleased to announce that a maintenance release is now available for AQtime: AQtime v.5.42.

What's new in AQtime 5.42 can be found on our web site at:

http://www.automatedqa.com/products/aqtime/new.asp

This update is free for all registered users of AQtime 5. To download and install it, just log on to https://clientservices.automatedqa.com/ - our secure product download portal.

The trial version is available at http://www.automatedqa.com/downloads/aqtime/.

We're happy to present a new screencast - Debugging Scripts With TestComplete.

The screencast describes TestComplete’s built-in debugging panels, dialogs and toolbar items and demonstrates how you can use them to debug your test scripts.

View the screencast now!

It's a must for beginners and even experienced users should find it interesting and useful! Enjoy watching!

AutomatedQA is happy to announce our next training summit! The next summit will be held May 12-15, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Fabulous Las Vegas!

Reserve your seat now as they do fill up quick! If you would like to read more about the summit you can do so here.

If you already know this is the event you have been waiting for you can head directly to the order page using this link. If you have any questions please send an email to training@automatedqa.com. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there!